The House Ethics Committee is now looking into whether Gaetz sought to "obstruct government investigations of his conduct."

The House Ethics Committee made clear on Tuesday that it’s still investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz.

In addition to the long-standing sexual misconduct allegations, the panel said it’s now looking into whether the controversial Florida congressman has “sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.”

The rare public statement came after Gaetz, who led the charge to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, denounced the committee and blamed the former speaker for the ongoing probe in a Monday post on X.

  • @drdiddlybadgerEnglish
    9•12 days ago

    I feel like I’m tripping balls over here. Wasn’t this the venmo to teenagers guy? The parties with teenaged girls guy? It seemed like the case was pretty friggin clear why the long investigation?

    • @pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      5•12 days ago

      He comes from a well connected family, that’s probably why.

      The son of prominent Florida politician Don Gaetz and grandson of North Dakota politician Jerry Gaetz, Gaetz was raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. After graduating from the William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, he briefly worked in private practice before running for state representative. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 until 2016, and received national attention for defending Florida’s controversial “stand-your-ground law”.[3] In 2016, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was reelected in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz